Thu 10.9.

The works of Dutch design duo Stefan Scholten and Carole Baijings embody the distinctive identity the couple is known for: colour, gradual hues, transparency, layers and geometric patterns and grids, yet with a very gentle and delicate appearance. Architonic caught up with Scholten & Baijings to talk about materials and their passion for ceramics.

Thu 17.10.

Designers Stefan Scholten and Carole Baijings are master colorists, as exemplified by a significant portfolio of work amassed in over a decade of collaboration. Having defined a distinctive career path in the contemporary field of design while borrowing from their Dutch heritage, the pair take a disciplined approach of combining craft practices with industrial processes to create output that speaks to the time in which it is made. With an acute expertise in manipulating color, they take an interest in material innovation and are also adroit at paring their work down to essential forms.

The Dutch manufacturer Pastoe has launched this new ‘Shift’ sideboard developed by the design duo Scholten & Baijings at this year’s Design Post at imm cologne. The overlapping sliding doors of the cabinet create an interesting effect, due to the varied gradient of the colours of the semitransparent acrylate.

Thu 27.1.

Bed linen by Scholten & Baijings with the designer's typical pattern for HAY

The Dutch designers Scholten & Baijings realised a new collection of home textiles for the Danish manufacturer HAY. The first items, bed linen, tea towels and two series of carpets were presented at this year’s Maison & Object for the first time.

The Dutch studio Scholten & Baijings, founded in 2000 by graduate of the Design Academy in Eindhoven Stefan Scholten and autodidact Carole Baijings, presented various new products within different exhibitions during this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan. Amongst them a series of pendant lights and a cabinet for the British manufacturer Established & Sons.

'Amsterdam' cabinet for Established & Sons

The ‘Amsterdam’ cabinet refers to a series of chests designed in the 1600–1700s Scholten & Baijings discovered while researching at Zuiderzee Museum after they were invited to design a collection that referenced pieces from the museum’s archive.

“It turns out when it was winter and farmers or fishermen couldn’t work, they would start painting their furniture with things from their surroundings, or collections that represented their status,” Scholten explains.

The façade of Amsterdam Armoir is decorated with their trademark grids, but open the doors and you are faced with six beautiful still-life photographs of the couple’s work: “We don’t have wealth money-wise— our wealth is in our work”, says Scholten. “So we decorated our cabinets with this.”